Sudeep Chatterjee is an Indian cinematographer of Hindi films, most known for his work in films like Dor (2006), Chak De! India (2007) and Guzaarish (2010) Chatterjee was born and raised in Kolkata. After he passed class 10 his father gave him a camera, which in time provided him with a career direction. After he finished his schooling he joined an engineering college, but after only eight months he left it to join the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, where he studied cinematography. After passing out from FTII, he started his career in Kolkata making advertisements and documentaries, eventually after two years, filmmaker Anjan Dutt offered him Bada Din (1997), a Hindi film starring Shabana Azmi and Tara Deshpande. Thereafter he shifted based to Mumbai and started working TV serials like, Rishtey, Talaashetc. for a year before he shot Ram Gopal Verma’s Road (2002). In 2010 came Guzaarish directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali starring Hritik Roshan and Ashwariya Rai, Sudeep had previously apprenticed with Sanjay, also a fellow FTII student, in 1942: A Love Story, where he was the song director. Guzaarish Won IIFA, Screen, and Apsara award for best Cinematography. He followed it up with the big budget super successful entertainer Dhoom 3 (2013) and Chotushkone (2014) for which he won the prestigious National Award for Cinematography.